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Re: LYNX-DEV Sending large patches
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T.E.Dickey |
Subject: |
Re: LYNX-DEV Sending large patches |
Date: |
Fri, 31 Oct 1997 05:06:43 -0500 (EST) |
> Hello everyone. A few days ago, I tried to send a patch that removes the
> EXP_CHARTRANS flag from the Lynx sources but apparently it was too large.
> Can anyone tell me if there is a practical limit to the size of a message?
50k is a practical limit for many mail servers (though there are local
networks that can transfer larger chunks).
If I have something large, I gzip/uuencode/shar the file. shar can split
the file, so it's convenient for mailing, e.g.,
shar -M -oPart -L50 $*
(sending stuff in mime format probably isn't a good idea either ;-)
--
Thomas E. Dickey
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